The Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a war fought between 1964 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos, and in bombing runs over North Vietnam. Fighting on one side was a coalition of forces including the United States, the Republic of Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. Fighting on the other side was a coalition of forces including the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the National Liberation Front, a communist-led South Vietnamese guerrilla movement. The USSR provided military aid to the North Vietnamese and to the NLF, but was not one of the military combatants.
This is a video that used real footage from the vietnam war with a short interview
13 original Vietnam war's videos: 1st.Eisenhower's speech (1955), 2nd.Real"GoodmorningVietnam"(Radio speaker), 3rd.Welcome by Army Sergeant to"Good Unit", 4th. Real fight combat video, 5th. Real fight combat video in the Viet forest, 6th. Battle of Khe-shan (few seconds), 7th.Live Bombing view. 8th.Rescue-pilot, 9th. Marine speaks, 10th.Tet offensive, 11th Memoria, 12th.Evacuation of Vietnam, 13th. Vietkong entered in Saigon.
Vietnam War documentsIn this web site you will find 6 documents that were very important during the Vietnam War. President Eisenhower's Letter to Ngo Dinh Dim, President Kennedy's Letter to Ngo Ding Diem, The Tonkin Gulf incident, Aggressoin from the North, American policy in Vietnam, Vietnam Veterans against the war Statement.
Vietnam War Maps This is a collection of maps that show before, durring and after the Vietnam War
Battle Field Vietnam This is a great website produced by PBS that gives a background on the Vietnam war, Battle field timeline, Guerrilla tactics, air war, The siege of Khe Sanh, and Web resources.
StategovThis is a great site for students to explore, its about the background of the Vietnam war produced by the US Department of State Books
This book is a great read for high school and older, it is about a 23 year old infantry man and his story about how it was fighting in the Vietnam war
This is a great book because it has a lot of pictures and facts about the Vietnam War
Lesson Plans
Oppsoing Views on Vietnam Lesson plan: Students will understand the following:
Objectives:
1. Richard Nixon's policies concerning the Vietnam War in 1969, Including "Vietnamization."
2. The main argument of Vietnam veteran John Kerry and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) in 1971 in opposition to the continuation of the war
3. The fact that civilians held a variey of opinions regarding the war, some agreeing more with Nixon and the official United States government position and some siding with kerry, the VVAW, and other anti war groups
This is a video that used real footage from the vietnam war with a short interview
13 original Vietnam war's videos: 1st.Eisenhower's speech (1955), 2nd.Real"GoodmorningVietnam"(Radio speaker), 3rd.Welcome by Army Sergeant to"Good Unit", 4th. Real fight combat video, 5th. Real fight combat video in the Viet forest, 6th. Battle of Khe-shan (few seconds), 7th.Live Bombing view. 8th.Rescue-pilot, 9th. Marine speaks, 10th.Tet offensive, 11th Memoria, 12th.Evacuation of Vietnam, 13th. Vietkong entered in Saigon.
Vietnam War documentsIn this web site you will find 6 documents that were very important during the Vietnam War. President Eisenhower's Letter to Ngo Dinh Dim, President Kennedy's Letter to Ngo Ding Diem, The Tonkin Gulf incident, Aggressoin from the North, American policy in Vietnam, Vietnam Veterans against the war Statement.
Vietnam War Maps
This is a collection of maps that show before, durring and after the Vietnam War
Battle Field Vietnam
This is a great website produced by PBS that gives a background on the Vietnam war, Battle field timeline, Guerrilla tactics, air war, The siege of Khe Sanh, and Web resources.
StategovThis is a great site for students to explore, its about the background of the Vietnam war produced by the US Department of State
Books
This book is a great read for high school and older, it is about a 23 year old infantry man and his story about how it was fighting in the Vietnam war
Lesson Plans
Oppsoing Views on Vietnam Lesson plan:
Students will understand the following:
Objectives:
1. Richard Nixon's policies concerning the Vietnam War in 1969, Including "Vietnamization."
2. The main argument of Vietnam veteran John Kerry and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) in 1971 in opposition to the continuation of the war
3. The fact that civilians held a variey of opinions regarding the war, some agreeing more with Nixon and the official United States government position and some siding with kerry, the VVAW, and other anti war groups
Martin Lurther King "beyond Vietnam Lesson plan:
Objectives
Students will understand the following: